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![Labour threat is sapping lettings confidence, claims Knight Frank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government to introduce ‘hardship test’ before eviction - press report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rayner to unveil ‘dramatic’ Labour housing reforms tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Deputy prime Angela Rayner will tomorrow unveil a new National Planning Policy Framework in a move that will strengthen requirements for...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get Stuck In! - Agents told to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_2250668215.jpg)
Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars not the problem - they’re just a symptom](/upload/images/shutterstock_1948159747.jpg)
A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![No details of Renters Rights Bill until October - expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform and Solar Panels to be key pledges in King’s Speech](/upload/images/shutterstock_514013710.jpg)
Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn Rayner - “don’t scrap Section 21 without a replacement”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Taxes and Rent Controls top worries ahead of election - agency survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![High-value tenancies agreed in June were below asking rent - Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156575995(1).jpg)
Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour will regulate lettings because it's a cheap option - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as agency demands Renters Reform Bill be passed ASAP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Housing Plans hitting the ground running after Thursday](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency worried over Rayner scrapping Section 21 “on day one”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activist claims “horrendous exploitation” by “profiteering” letting agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2167511393.jpg)
The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for a new Ministry of Housing with long-term minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill flop allows lettings market to return to normal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Labour eviction and housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1690158259.jpg)
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jitters: Reform Bill failure and July Election hit lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_250676278(1).jpg)
Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils ‘must take over ex-private rental Right To Buy flats’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Court Delays still in place for new government to resolve](/upload/images/shutterstock_1850873275.jpg)
A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Many agents relieved Renters Reform Bill dropped - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill collapse is “significant setback” claims letting agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth forecasts cut as supply catches up with demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beef Up Renters Reform Bill to stop even more evictions - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_199526675.jpg)
A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - will it become law by July 4?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2371733763.jpg)
A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark tells politicians - add agent regulation to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour split as MP defies party policy and calls for rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Turnover - landlord sales and not evictions are chief cause](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property. By contrast, eviction was...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost no agent ready for revised tenancy arrangements](/upload/images/shutterstock_635148143.jpg)
A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants pushing back against large rent rises: Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_1586677396.jpg)
Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency flags growing worries over pets in lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367788609.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. A...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lords won’t wreck Renters Reform Bill - trade body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Tenants 'get stuck' if letting agents fail to solve problems](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Minister to address agents ahead of General Election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill “still misses the mark” says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_1902168286.jpg)
Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2078570446.jpg)
A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent claims it already conforms with Reform Bill ideals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech tool will help eviction process under Renters Reform Bill changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Extraordinary 200 amendments to Renters Reform Bill in Commons today](/upload/images/shutterstock_1059911315.jpg)
There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark not giving up on the Regulation of Property Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It - major agency tells government to reform renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of Property Agents - government slammed by Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill back in the Commons next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill isn’t stopping buy to let investment claims agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Under Pressure in parts of London, admits top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Angry tenant groups slam Renters Reform Bill changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant awareness of Renters Reform Bill very low, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Changes to Renters Reform Bill after Easter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Low level of landlord awareness about Reform Bill contents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![No scrapping fixed term tenancies - new appeal over Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP reported to bring Renters Reform Bill “to brink of collapse”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill threat to student accommodation, say experts](/upload/images/shutterstock_522554425.jpg)
New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill should include regulating letting agents, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(1).jpg)
Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide demands four tax changes to help the private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Older Persons charity hits out over Renters Reform Bill rumours](/upload/images/shutterstock_1194118255.jpg)
A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry supplier claims sharp spike in arrears](/upload/images/shutterstock_1928467268.jpg)
Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands radical changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Courts the best way to counter threat of S21 removal - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_509586655.jpg)
Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - MPs set to be bombarded by emails](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails. Over...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter threatens government after big rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/shutterstock_1848201151.jpg)
Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of new rental licensing schemes set for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_1937885968.jpg)
A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political uncertainty suggests ongoing landlord exodus, says Knight Frank](/upload/images/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government for failing to win industry support for reform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1746444971(1).jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues. According to a Freedom of Information...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Is the government deliberately delaying the Renters Reform Bill?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents List Radical Changes needed to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs extending agency regulation and decent homes standard](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer warns that Summer will be hectic for lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Free webinar for agents on latest shock waves to hit market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill won’t take effect until late 2024 at the earliest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry figure backs Renters Reform Bill pets policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to ban bidding wars and offer new anti-social behaviour rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will 2024 see the end of private rental sector licensing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour housing policies win strong public support as Tories lag behind](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 can’t come quickly enough, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill at risk if councils aren’t given more cash - MPs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter plots huge email campaign to stop Renters Reform Bill ‘watering down’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents list major problems with Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists oppose move away from Open Ended Tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - webinar to update agents on latest changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New industry group includes agents and small landlord organisations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars soar as tenants compete for dwindling supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should letting agents police the quality of homes to rent?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 - Angry MPs slam Michael Gove over ongoing delay](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government announces changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chief warns MPs on need for court reform and more bailiff capacity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - MPs to hear agents’ worries today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Housing Minister is ... a former housing minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill is ideal chance to regulate agents says Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill part of ‘brighter future for UK’ claims Sunak](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council lettings agency steps up bid to win private landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...